Necktie.



J. SODERSTROM.

NEGKTIE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 27. |907.

Patented June 15, 1915.

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J. A. SODERSTROM.

NECKTIE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 27, 1907.

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JOHN A. sonnnsrnoiu, or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

NECKTIE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 15, 1915.

Application led March 27, 1907. Serial No. 364,874.

T0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN A. SoDEns'rRoM, a citizen of the United States, residingV at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Neckties, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to neckties and has for its object an improved construction of neoktie, economical to manufacture and possessing certain qualities of style and taste essential in articles of neck-wear.

It is a further object of the invention to provide an improved form of necktie that will permit the use of a great variety of materials in its manufacture and at the same time permit the use of such materials in their simplest form, thus preventing cutting and waste, and making unnecessary the use of extra padding or filling materials to perfect the knot of the tie.

To attain these ends and to accomplish certain other new and useful object, as will appear, the invention consists in the features of novelty in the construction, combination and arrangement of the tie hereinafter more fully described, shown in the accompanying drawing, illustrating an exemplification of the invention, and pointed out more particularly in the claim.

Figure l is a front view of my improved tie in its complete form and Fig. 2 is a view of the reverse side thereof. Figs. 3, 4 and 5 are diagrammatic illustrations showing the manner of forming the knot in making up my improved tie, Fig. 3 representing an unfolded strip of material and Figs. 4 and 5 showing the various stages approaching the completed knot when a strip of one thiclmess is employed as shown in Figs. 4 and 5 for illustrative purposes only. The preferred manner of preparing and folding the material prior to the tying of the knot illustrated in Figs. 4 and 5 is shown in Figs. 6 to 8 inclusive, Fig. 6 showing the material of one thickness before folding, Fig. 7 showing the same material folded into two thicknesses, and Fig. 8 showing the material folded both transversely and longitudinally into four thicknesses.

In Figs. 3, 4 and 5, the method of tying the knot is illustrated diagrammatically by the use of a single thickness of material to avoid confusion and detail in the drawings, but the preferred method of constructing the tie of Figs. 1 and 2 is to first prepare the material as shown in the consecutive views 6 and 8 inclusive, folding it transversely to form two thicknesses as shown in Fig. 7 and then folding along the longitudinal dotted line of Figs. 6 and 7 to produce the strip of four thicknesses shown in Fig. 8. The material folded to the form shown in Fig. 8 is then manipulated at the end at which the first or transverse fold is found sothat a knot of the form shown in the diagrammatic views of Figs. 4 and 5 is formed in this end. A portion of the material adjacent to the said free end is first deflected at an angle of approximately 90o to the body of the strip by forming a loop or fold in the manner illustrated by the drawing, Figs. 4 and 5, and designated 1b. The free end of the strip beyond the loop or fold 1b as indicated at la, is then folded along the line of fold as indicated at 1, Figs. 4 and 5, and the free end 1 comprising the two thicknesses of material including the end la, is then tucked completely into the pocket formed beneath the looped portion l", which pocket may be held continuously open during the operation of tying the material if the loop beneath the part lb be formed over a nger on the hand of the operator. The knot is completed when the folded end l"JL of the material, which will in practice preferably have the four thicknesses instead of one thickness as illustrated in Figs. 4 and 5, is completely inserted beneath the fold lb or into the pocket formed thereunder. The knot thus formed is rmly secured by drawing or pulling the depending portions of the material in relation to the knot into the knot so formed, and may then be permanently secured by stitching in the manner indicated by the reference character 2, on the reverse side of the completed tie as shown in Fig. 2, this stitching permanently uniting the folded or looped portion 1b to the body of the material folded into the pocket and preventing its withdrawal and the consequent untying of the knot. The tie thus formed may be provided with any well-known device for securing same to the collar of the wearer, as, for example, the retaining device 3 shown in Figs. l and 2.

The invention is particularly applicable to the use of multi-colored ribbons and similar textile materials, and after tying, the depending portions of the material below the knot may be separated to form aprons in the manner illustrated in Figs. l and 2.

One of the desirable features of the invention residesV in the large number of thick-V nesses of material in the knot, making the same firm and substantial, so that when neckties are tied inra permanent form according to the invention, they retain their shape indefinitely and Without the use of any additional material for padding or filling out the knot. It Will be seen, for ex ample, that While the material When folded to the form shown in Fig. 8, contains four thicknesses of material at a given point, When the knot is tied, as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2, it Will consist of five thicknesses of the folded material of Fig. 8, or twenty thicknesses of the original material, in all.

I claim:

A necktie comprising a strip of flexible material folded first transversely of its length to form a double thickness and being folded afterward along a line of fold extending longitudinally of said transversely folded strip and havingV a knot formed inte-- grally therein, said knot comprising a loop formed intermediate the extremities of the folded end foldedV upon itself upon a lineV of fold at an angle to the lateral edges of the strip and inserted Within the loop, both extremities of the material extending below the knot and being suitably arranged after tying the knot to form tWo depending aprons.`

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specificatiomin the presence of tvvo subscribing Witnesses, on this 25th day of March A.V D. 1907 JOHN A. SODERSTROM.

Witnesses: v

A. L. SPRINKLE, C. I-I. VSEEM.

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